GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
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zealota zealous person
recoursea turning to someone or something for help or protection
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
extrudeto force, press, or push out
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
craftskill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity
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